Remember freedom fries? Six years after that official swipe at all things French, City Controller Annise Parker seems to be playing to the same sentiments in a mailer attacking Councilman Peter Brown, one of her rivals in the mayor’s race. The mailer, which you can see after the jump, features an image of a croissant […]
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So, here it is. You wanted attacks, you got ‘em. City Councilman Peter Brown, under attack from both his main rivals in numerous public appearances over the past week, has hit back with a clear appeal to Republican voters. You can see the mail after the jump, but suffice it to say that Brown accuses […]
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Councilman Peter Brown has worn his non-endorsement by Houstonians for Responsible Growth as a badge of honor, portraying the organization as an enemy of neighborhoods and himself as their most committed defender. He’s also suggested, at a Sept. 30 community meeting and more recently in a phone call placed to potential voters by his campaign, […]
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Almost 1,000 fewer people voted during the first week of early voting this year than in the last open mayoral contest in 2003, suggesting that analysts who predicted a low turnout were on the mark. Here’s a spreadsheet with daily totals for the first seven days of early voting this year and in 2003, when […]
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Harris County board of education trustee Roy Morales, whose limited funding has forced him to rely on free media and grass-roots efforts to spread his conservative mayoral campaign message up to now, has released his first TV commercial. Check it out: The ad, which is airing on cable, emphasizes Morales’ conservative bona fides and paints […]
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How the mayoral race is playing in Houston’s black community emerged as a key story line this week, and City Controller Annise Parker got in on the action with the announcement of a new endorsement. State Rep. Garnet Coleman, a Democratic African-American legislator whose district includes the historically black Third Ward, announced his support for […]
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As Houston mayoral election heats up, bloggers are turning on the heat on the candidates . . . and on each other. Cory Crow, writing at Harris County Almanac, takes aim at a post by Martha Griffin of Musings – who is an Annise Parker supporter – for a post that says Parker has the […]
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Over at Middle Lane, Chronicle reporter and blogger Claudia Feldman has posted neat and revealing interviews with the mothers of City Controller Annise Parker and former City Attorney Gene Locke (she’s had no luck yet with City Councilman Peter Brown and Harris County Board of Education Trustee Roy Morales). First question from the interview with […]
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Councilman Peter Brown’s campaign responded aggressively today to rival Gene Locke’s negative radio ad, releasing testimonials from some of Brown’s prominent African-American supporters. Bishop James Dixon of Community of Faith Church calls the ad a lie. State Rep. Alma Allen says her support isn’t for sale. Pastors James Nash of Greater St. Paul Missionary Baptist […]
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